🇦🇺 Australia · metro 4.4M · 7,577 venues mapped

Sydney

Where Sydney places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 86 of 1,704.

This city has a full profile Read Sydney in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.

Nearest city 🇦🇺 Wollongong 68 km Nearest written profile 🇦🇺 Melbourne 📖 713 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not a wet month.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink7,577 places mapped

09:30–21:00

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open past midnight

84%

open on Sundays

60h

open per week

take a midday break

Shops & errands2,245 places mapped

07:00–21:00

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open past midnight

91%

open on Sundays

84h

open per week

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,629

volcanoes within 100 km

896.4 km

to Newer Volcanics Province

0.2

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

16:53

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.4 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

3,290

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Sydney	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	5%	250 of 1,878	🇹🇷 Nevşehir 5%🇺🇸 Portland 5%🇪🇨 Puyo 5%🇨🇺 Santiago de Cuba 5%Sydney🇵🇱 Wrocław 5%🇩🇪 Würzburg 5%🇩🇪 Aschaffenburg 4.9%🇫🇷 Bayonne 4.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	60 h	181 of 1,878	🇧🇷 Salvador 60 h🇧🇴 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 60 h🇨🇭 Schaffhausen 60 h🇬🇧 Shrewsbury 60 hSydney🇪🇸 Zaragoza 60 h🇩🇪 Kempten (Allgäu) 59.8 h🇵🇹 Lagos 59.8 h🇬🇧 Newbury 59.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	38.7%	108 of 1,878	🇳🇵 Bharatpur 38.7%🇺🇸 Erie 38.7%🇺🇸 Salinas 38.7%🇭🇷 Split 38.7%Sydney🇺🇸 Fargo 38.5%🇺🇸 Lowell 38.5%🇺🇸 Scranton 38.5%🇺🇸 Harrisburg 38.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	8.1%	303 of 1,878	🇯🇵 Kitakyushu 8.2%🇨🇾 Limassol 8.2%🇬🇧 Bury St Edmunds 8.1%🇦🇺 Gold Coast 8.1%Sydney🇬🇧 Grimsby 8%🇦🇺 Perth 8%🇦🇺 Toowoomba 8%🇬🇧 Walton-on-Thames 8%
Never close at all% open 24/7	2.3%	208 of 1,878	🇳🇱 Purmerend 2.3%🇫🇷 Périgueux 2.3%🇺🇸 Redding 2.3%🇧🇷 Sao Jose dos Campos 2.3%Sydney🇹🇼 Taipei 2.3%🇺🇸 Trenton 2.3%🇪🇸 Valdemoro 2.3%🇺🇸 Allen 2.2%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	91.1%	86 of 1,704	🇬🇧 Bognor Regis 91.2%🇱🇻 Riga 91.2%🇨🇦 Oshawa 91.1%🇬🇧 Portsmouth 91.1%Sydney🇬🇧 Wigan 91.1%🇵🇹 Barreiro 91%🇮🇹 San Giuseppe Vesuviano 91%🇷🇸 Subotica 91%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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